Low-level waste compacts, volume reduction trends, and nuclear plant life extension

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6678322

Feldman, D L ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)

Two factors-one technical, the other societal-will influence low-level waste (LLW) disposal trends during nuclear plant life extension: continued progress in volume reduction by utilities and consummation of plans to establish compacts to dispose of refurbishment and routine-activity LLW from an additional 20 yr of operation. Both factors are clouded by uncertainty. This paper explores the sources and implications of this uncertainty and concludes that progress in LLW management will vary according to which of two scenarios is adopted by utilities, states, and compacts: greater volume reduction through supercompaction, incineration, and waste segregation - coupled with timely opening of disposal facilities by compacts or modest reliance on supercompaction, incineration, and segregation without timely disposal facility opening.

• OSTI ID: 6678322
• Report Number(s): CONF-921102--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 66
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
COMPACTING
INCINERATORS
LICENSING
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REACTOR LICENSING
SEGREGATION
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES